Burris not backing down on the race issue

Man, oh man. This has all the feel of a kind of Last Stand. It's amazing to see people invoking a struggle that stretches back to cotton and chains, simply in pursuit of naked power.

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2008/12/burris-not-backing-down-on-the-race-issue/6518/